These newlyweds are the UK’s first same-sex marriage involving a Muslim man.

Jahed Choudhury and Sean Rogan recently wed at a British registry office in Walsall—a small town about two and a half hours Northwest of London.

Choudhury, who was raised in a traditional Bangladeshi Muslim household, told The Express and Star that growing up gay and Muslim made him feel like a “black sheep.” He was bullied at school where his classmates spit on him and dumped trash bins over his head and was eventually banned from his local mosque.

The 24-year-old attempted to change his sexual orientation with medication and religious pilgrimages to Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia. But he grew depressed and suicidal and tried to overdose in 2015. After being released from the hospital, he sat crying on a park bench, which is when his now-husband approached him.

They began living together shortly after and Choudhury proposed to Rogan, now 19, on his birthday in 2016. The small wedding ceremony, in which they wore traditional Bangladeshi Muslim attire, included a few close friends and loved ones. Choudhury’s family does not support his marriage and didn’t attend the wedding.

But despite the cruelty he’s suffered, Choudhury says God is “in his heart” and that he wouldn’t ever change religions.

“I want to say to all people going through the same thing that it’s okay,” Choudhury said. “We’re going to show the whole world that you can be gay and Muslim.”